Engineering Manager, Security (EU/UK remote) (m/f/d)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Own the security foundations the rest of engineering builds on: secure-by-default Terraform and Docker modules, hardened images for ECS and EKS workloads, and guardrails built into the developer platform rather than added afterwards
• ▹Drive cloud security posture day to day: remediating findings from Wiz, keeping IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, and GuardDuty tuned as Pliant scales, and ensuring the alerts that fire are ones people should actually act on
• ▹Automate compliance evidence collection for PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and DORA so audits stop being a scramble
• ▹Run vulnerability management and incident response end to end: triage, SLAs, remediation, and post-mortems
• ▹Build the application security practice through threat modeling, architecture reviews, and secure coding guidance that product teams actually use
• ▹Use and build AI-native security tooling for VulnOps, red-teaming, and incident response as the threat landscape evolves
• ▹Grow the team: two engineers are in place today, and who you hire next sets the technical bar for security at Pliant for a long time

Requirements

• ▹Hands-on background in DevSecOps or cloud security, ideally with real ownership of an AWS environment
• ▹Direct experience with IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and SCPs
• ▹Proficiency in Terraform, including the ability to write secure, reusable modules from scratch
• ▹Experience securing containerized workloads (ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes), including hardened base images and admission controllers
• ▹Scripting ability in Python, Bash, or TypeScript sufficient to automate compliance checks and triage workflows rather than doing them by hand each quarter
• ▹Working knowledge of PCI DSS, SOC 2, and/or ISO 27001, plus experience running vulnerability management at scale or leading incident response for something that mattered

Soft skills

About the company

Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Its modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows, designed for industries with complex payment needs such as travel and fleet. Pliant serves two primary customer segments: companies looking to optimize operational processes through intuitive apps and APIs, gaining control, automation, and financial flexibility through extended credit lines; and businesses such as financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks that want to launch or enhance their credit card offerings using Pliant's embedded finance and white-label solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 4,000 businesses and more than 20 partners globally. As a licensed e-money institution, it issues credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries.